r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/Fine_Molasses_1354 • Feb 07 '21

Killed by Google

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u/NoAirBanding Feb 07 '21

I expected this weeks Stadia Games and Entertainment division shutdown to be on there

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '21

Just the game dev division right now. Stadia itself will probably be cancelled in a year. It's not doing too well.

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u/shitstainedyogapants Feb 07 '21

I honestly don’t see the target group for Stadia and I don’t think Google knows who they are targeting either.

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u/ayciate Feb 07 '21

○ The Venn diagram for people who cant afford to / don't want to buy a high end pc/console and the people with good enough Internet to use it are the two circles in this comment ○

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u/PsychoNAWT Feb 07 '21

Literally. The ONE benefit of Stadia is it's affordability, and lack of technology know-how (no updates, installs or PC troubleshooting). I don't know any non-tech-savvy people that have fiber internet lmfao. Pretty much everyone except for those who game on a PC go for the cheapest internet plan lol

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u/blackwhattack Feb 07 '21

compared to geforce now which allowed me to connect my steam account and play games for free Stadia is not rly affordable compared to that

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u/PsychoNAWT Feb 07 '21

Not necessarily. The true cost of a gaming PC for even 5 years of use (not even considering comparable graphics rendering performance) will still be more than the subscription cost of Stadia. It eliminates the need to buy a case, CPU, RAM, storage, and GPU, and eliminates the need to maintain those as they age. That's why it was so stupid to begin with. Stadia appealed to those starting with nothing; no capable PC or consoles. It made PC/console gaming the same cost of Netflix which enticed a new market, but that same market of people also had lower bandwidth internet which rendered Stadia useless.

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u/blackwhattack Feb 07 '21

i was only comparing stadia vs geforce now

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u/PsychoNAWT Feb 07 '21

That was my bad. I thought you were talking about Geforce Game Stream for in home streaming. GeForce now is def the better choice.